Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Effective identification, treatment and prevention is key in the war on tuberculosis

  • Disease Management
  • Published:
Drugs & Therapy Perspectives Aims and scope Submit manuscript

    We’re sorry, something doesn't seem to be working properly.

    Please try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, please contact support so we can address the problem.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Table I
Table II
Table III

References

  1. World Health Organisation. Tuberculosis: infection and transmission [online]. Available from URL: http://who.int [Accessed 2006 May 18]

  2. Van de Brande. Revised guidelines for the diagnosis and control of tuberculosis: impact on management in the elderly. Drugs Aging 2005; 22(8): 663–86

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Skevaki CL, Kafetzis DA. Tuberculosis in neonates and infants: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and management issues. Pediatr Drugs 2005; 7(4): 219–34

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Grosset J. Bacteriologic basis of short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis. Clin Chest Med 1980; 1: 231–41

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. American Thoracic Society. American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167: 603–62

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society. Chemotherapy and management of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: recommendations 1998. Thorax 1998; 53: 536–48

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. American Thoracic Society. Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161: S221–47

    Google Scholar 

  8. Grosset J. Bacteriologic basis of short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis. Clin Chest Med 1980; 1: 231–41

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. British national formulary. No. 51. London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 2006 Mar

  10. Ginsburg AS, Grosset JH, Bishai WR. Fluoroquinolones, tuberculosis and resistance. Lancet Infect Dis 2003; 3: 432–42

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Frieden TR, Sterling TR, Munsiff SS, et al. Tuberculosis. Lancet 2003; 362(9387): 887–99

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Horsburgh Jr CR, Feldman S, Ridzon R. Practice guidelines for the treatment of tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 31: 633–9

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Pablos-Méndez A, Knirsch CA, Barr RG, et al. Nonadherence in tuberculosis treatment: predictors and consequences in New York City. Am J Med 1997; 102: 164–70

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Van den Brande P, Van Steenbergen W, Vervoort G, et al. Aging and hepatotoxicity of isoniazid and rifampin in pulmonary tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 152: 1705–8

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Jasmer RM, Nahid P, Hopewell PC. Latent tuberculosis infection. N Engl J Med 2002; 347: 1860–6

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society. Control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: code of practice 2000. Thorax 2000; 55: 887–901

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Criteria for discontinuation of vaccination programs using Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in countries with a low prevalence of tuberculosis. Tuber Lung Dis 1994; 75: 179–80

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Effective identification, treatment and prevention is key in the war on tuberculosis. Drugs Ther. Perspect 22, 8–12 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-200622110-00003

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-200622110-00003

Search

Navigation